Seven-ingredient fried rice is a quick and easy recipe that can be made with just a few simple ingredients. The rice is fried in oil until it is crispy and then mixed with a variety of vegetables, meats, and spices. This dish is typically served with a dipping sauce or as a side dish.
RICE DISH1 ea small yellowonion1/2 cRed or green pepper, diced1 1/2 cCelery, cut on the diagonal3 cCooked, cooled rice1 cCarrots, cut on the diagonal1 cSugar snap peas or snow peas1 cCooked, cubed meat, any Rice should be preferably a day old.
Remove stems from peas.
Meat can belean chicken, turkey or pork.
Combine all the ingredients for the sauce in a 2-cup mixing bowl.
Stirvigorously with a fork until the sugar has dissolved.
Place near thestove where it will be handy.
Assemble the remaining ingredients near the stove in individual piles ordishes.
Precook the carrots 1 minute in a microwave oven on high (100percent) power.
The carrots also may be blanched in boiling water 2minutes to tenderize them.
Place the oil in a wok or large skillet, Set over high heat and allow oilto become quite hot.
Add the onions first, stirring occasionally untilthey begin to caramelize and turn brown around the edges.
Add the celeryand stir 2 minutes longer.
Add the carrots, meat and bell pepper and cook2 minutes longer, stirring constantly.
Add the rice all at once, stirring quickly to mix all ingredients.
(Somerice may begin to stick to the sides of the wok or skillet, but continuestirring.
) Add the peas and pour in sauce mixture.
Stir until mixture isevenly colored with the sauce.
Remove from heat and serve immediately.
Test kitchen notes: The choice of ingredients is up to the cook.
Ifdesired, substitute bulb fennel or green onions for celery; peeled,deveined and cooked shrimp or lump crab meat for the meat; or Englishpeas for snow peas.
Remember to use low-fat ingredients to keep thecalories from fat below 30 percent.
Per serving, without meat: 419 calories, 12.
8 grams fat, 61.
8 gramscarbohydrate, 715 milligrams sodium, no cholesterol.
EACH SERVING = 27.
4PERCENT CALORIES FROM FAT.